The Persistence of Memory (1931) is one of the most famous paintings by artist Salvador Dalí. The painting has also been known as Soft Watches or Melting Clocks. It is currently displayed in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

The well-known surrealistic piece introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch.

Dalí began the painting with one of his favorite themes, a landscape of the seashore of Catalonia at Cape Creus. He was moved to include the famous melting-clock imagery after a vision he had following a snack of Camembert cheese — the clocks, therefore, have the texture of the soft cheese. The painting shows four soft watches, one of which has a fly showing that time flies and another is being devoured by ants that shows decay. This is widely seen as a commentary that time is less rigid than people usually assume.

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